Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 38d429b59a4cb049…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.5 KB Created: 2021-09-28 10:32:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 905033b6d93b2ca4948fe79f29ae129c SHA-1: d20dfbdf9ece158acda1f6eb3db76f76c32b2797 SHA-256: 38d429b59a4cb0491965e8b851aaeac023c9f80dd29fa1c99d39a9093092e15c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating it is likely a phishing or malware distribution lure. The document functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other domains, likely intended to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of multiple external URIs and the 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' heuristic strongly suggest this is a phishing or spamming attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9837

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://www.heainc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161405dac3d873---61282807226.pdf
    • http://leeandrewdavison.com/download/11818528991.pdf
    • https://www.bouwenaaneensterkwerkgeversmerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ab6d77ea43---risagofeworaz.pdf
    • http://ysenb.kr/board/file/editor/file/66736784133.pdf
    • https://www.andreivieru.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49872287613.pdf
    • https://mavibusiness.it/file/gewomotepaw.pdf
    • http://sprostredkovanieuverov.sk/res/file/91427114380.pdf
    • https://jamiatulbanat.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614bb2096d765---87836709869.pdf
    • https://www.tai.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161528dbbbb1af---woposekuf.pdf
    • https://postele-z-masivu.sk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/durugarugesir.pdf
    • http://europavloeren.nl/siteimages/file/kejunefomevibavubopojuf.pdf
    • https://sharpconsulting.us/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lefaxowakux.pdf
    • http://ambartakip.net/belgeler/file/zavafu.pdf
    • http://beachfirebrands.com/userfiles/file/damuxesip.pdf
    • http://meetburgerusa.com/uploads/files/jisasiwedo.pdf
    • https://hw-power.com/uploads/ckfiles/files/6135d8a7a7b4f.pdf
    • http://optimaglobal.net/ckupload/files/dupozun.pdf
    • http://crimesla.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/89034670725.pdf
    • http://uzks.hr/upload/datoteke/kewibosuw.pdf
    • http://mishelik.ru/userfiles/file/97120894805.pdf
    • http://alwaysshine.com/fileimage/file/58444728380.pdf
    • http://perfectthesale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138263cd0d01---70897306667.pdf
    • http://vanxuantravel.com/upload/files/90931385620.pdf
    • https://mondoaudio.it/img/uploaded/file/vegogaxevoxoxanigewon.pdf
    • https://lenaoyunlar.net/calisma2/files/uploads/tixososotobizage.pdf
    • http://synagoge-stommeln.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77651731073.pdf
    • https://www.hed-endo.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161316337384b2---jipariranejexepi.pdf
    • https://xn--78-6kce7dfhb9dwb.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2449bd252363d60f0fa4fd0c7669e441/9433561171.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=play+online+games+on+android
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b526.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB526 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000cd38.bin
766735e9e80cd7968a678bc196deb7c270a7ea0485a2ed14e8c659839f1c575c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD38 15376 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f45a.bin
c7959ef27bfe813f36b88a349ec9c9f929771648f31d310d462b50ef0c0b418d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF45A 10608 bytes